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habram Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:39pm

back court question
 
is a backcourt if your feet are in the frontcourt and the ball is being dribbled on the division line

APG Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:36pm

Depends on the scenario...

If a player is dribbling a ball from the backcourt, then the ball is not considered in the frontcourt until the ball and both feet of the dribbler are in the frontcourt. In this case, a player could dribble the ball with both feet in the frontcourt and the ball touching the division line (the whole line is considered part of the backcourt).

Now if you're imagining the scenario where the ball is already in the frontcourt during normal play, and a player catches the ball near the halfcourt line, then dribble the ball on the line with both feet in the frontcourt, then you would have a backcourt violation.

If you could give us a better hypothetical scenario with more information, then we could more fully answer your question.

BillyMac Mon Sep 05, 2011 07:29am

To Be Specific ...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer (Post 785688)
Now if you're imagining the scenario where the ball is already in the frontcourt during normal play, and a player catches the ball near the (division) line, then dribble the ball on the line with both feet in the frontcourt, then you would have a backcourt violation ...

... which would occur when the dribbled ball touches the backcourt (which includes the division line) and then touches the hand of the dribbler, or any offensive player, after the "bounce" in the backcourt.

habram Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:45am

back court
 
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Quote:

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer (Post 785688)
Depends on the scenario...

If a player is dribbling a ball from the backcourt, then the ball is not considered in the frontcourt until the ball and both feet of the dribbler are in the frontcourt. In this case, a player could dribble the ball with both feet in the frontcourt and the ball touching the division line (the whole line is considered part of the backcourt).

Now if you're imagining the scenario where the ball is already in the frontcourt during normal play, and a player catches the ball near the halfcourt line, then dribble the ball on the line with both feet in the frontcourt, then you would have a backcourt violation.

If you could give us a better hypothetical scenario with more information, then we could more fully answer your question.


Mark Padgett Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:45am

Quote:

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer (Post 785688)
If a player is dribbling a ball from the backcourt, then the ball is not considered in the frontcourt until the ball and both feet of the dribbler are in the frontcourt. In this case, a player could dribble the ball with both feet in the frontcourt and the ball touching the division line (the whole line is considered part of the backcourt).

Don't forget that in this case, the 10 second backcourt count would continue.


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